Written answers
Monday, 19 November 2012

  • Transport
    • Catering
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on refreshments since May 2010.
    • Dementia
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to support the Prime Minister’s dementia challenge and the work of each of the challenge groups; what...
    • Manufacturing Industries: Motor Vehicles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many grants his Department has paid out for the (a) Chevrolet Volt, (b) Citroen CZero, (c) Mia, (d) Mitsubishi i-MiEV, (e) Nissan Leaf, (f) Peugeot...
    • Railways: Capital Allowances (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the possibility of including the rail industry in the Enhanced Capital...
    • Stagecoach Group and Go Ahead Group
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 18 September 2012, Official Report, column 564W, on Stagecoach Group and Go Ahead Group, if he will place in the Library...
    • Streatham Common Station
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what reports he has received on (a) the engineering works being carried out at Streatham Common station and (b) any effects on the surrounding...
    • Tolls: Motorcycles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many toll bridges do not charge motorcycles.
    • Universal Credit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how the qualifying conditions for each passported benefit for which he is responsible will change under universal credit.
  • Wales
    • Employment Agencies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what his policy is on the use of offshore employment companies in the supply of public sector workers in his Department.
  • Attorney-General
    • Pay
      To ask the Attorney-General how many employees of the Law Officers' Departments are paid in excess of (a) £80,000 and (b) £100,000.
  • Leader of the House
    • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
      To ask the Leader of the House if he plans to hold discussions with his counterpart in the House of Lords on the report entitled Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster:...
    • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
      To ask the Leader of the House if he will make it his policy that the Government should respond to the report entitled Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster: Pre-feasibility study...
  • House of Commons Commission
    • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
      To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the total expenditure on essential maintenance of the Palace of Westminster...
    • Select Committees
      To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make it his policy that select committee staff should be given online...
  • Defence
    • Afghanistan
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of repatriating equipment from Afghanistan to the UK in the current and each of the next four years.
    • Afghanistan
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military personnel who have been seriously injured in Afghanistan have been returned to and been treated in Selly Oak Hospital.
    • Armed Forces: Children
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received on school fees grants for serving soldiers.
    • Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many foreign and commonwealth armed forces personnel there were in the UK armed forces, by country and service, in each year since 2000; and what...
    • Armed Forces: Redundancy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many military personnel have been made redundant since 2010; (2) how many military personnel will be made redundant by 2015.
    • Armed Forces: Redundancy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the proximity of pensionable age is taken into account when deciding which members of the armed forces to make redundant.
    • Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2012, Official Report, column 1074W, on armed forces: sexual offences, what assessment he has made of the...
    • Armed Forces: Vehicles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the operational benefits of the Vehicle Systems Information Exploitation Health and Usage Monitoring System; and if he...
    • Armoured Fighting Vehicles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance upgrade; and if he will...
    • Armoured Fighting Vehicles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect that deployment of the upgraded Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance in theatre will have on UK military capability.
    • BAE Systems
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department of the memorandum of understanding recently signed between MASS and BAE Systems.
    • Canada
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received on the costs to service personnel of gym membership at BATUS in Canada.
    • Canada
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress his Department has made on the provision of wi-fi networks at BATUS Canada.
    • Catering
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on refreshments since May 2010.
    • Civil Servants: Retirement
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many senior civil servants have retired from his Department since 2010; and which such people have held meetings with (a) Ministers and (b) senior...
    • Defence Reform Review
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which recommendations of the Levene report on Defence reform: an independent report into the structure and management of the Ministry of Defence he has...
    • Defence: Procurement
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent steps he has taken to ensure that equipment for the armed forces is procured in the UK.
    • Defence: Procurement
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of defence procurement; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the process is more robust.
    • Defence: Procurement
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 30 October 2012, Official Report, column 166W, what proportion of contracts tendered were placed through the single source...
    • Defence: Scotland
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Scotland linked (a) indirectly and (b) directly to the (i) Type 26 programme, (ii) carrier...
    • DM Longtown
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received of the theft of munitions from DM Longtown; whether those reports will delay his final decision about its future; and if he...
    • Elbit Systems
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role Elbit Systems play in (a) the Joint Venture Company set up with Thales UK and (b) the overall development of Unmanned Air Systems in the UK.
    • Elint
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the personnel requirements of his Department for the analysis of ELINT data; what steps he is taking to ensure that the...
    • Fuels
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much (a) the armed forces and (b) his Department spent on petrol and diesel in each of the last five years.
    • HMS Dragon
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received on problems with the gearbox on HMS Dragon; and how much longer she will remain in HM Naval Base Portsmouth before resuming...
    • Ict
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's expenditure on the defence information infrastructure in each of the last five years; and what...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on information technology in the last three financial years; and how much of this sum was spent on (a) software development...
    • Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made on the procurement of the F-35 joint strike fighter jet; and if he will make a statement.
    • Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the F-35 joint strike fighter jet will be battle-ready.
    • Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how the capabilities of the F-35 joint strike fighter will differ from those of the Harrier.
    • Maritime Collaborative Working Environment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which industry partners are involved in the implementation of the maritime collaborative working environment; (2) what assessment he has made of...
    • Military Aircraft (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what meetings former senior civil servants in his Department have had with Ministers or officials in the Department in relation to the procurement...
    • Nato
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes he plans to recommend to the disbursement arrangements for NATO's Common Funds.
    • Nato
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK armed forces personnel are serving overseas in NATO-led operations.
    • Nuclear Weapons
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many staff in his Department are employed on the Trident replacement design programme; (2) how many new staff his Department expects to employ...
    • Public Expenditure
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent estimate he has made of his Department's likely level of expenditure in 2012-13.
    • Redundancy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the posts identified for redundancy within his Department in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13 were categorised as safety-critical.
    • Reserve Forces
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many recruits joined the Royal Naval Reserve in each of the last three years.
    • Scotland
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which firms based in Scotland have contracts with his Department; (2) how many contracts his Department has with firms based in Scotland.
    • Sea King Helicopters
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when the Sea King ASaC.7 will be retired; and what airborne early warning asset will replace it; (2) if he will estimate how much has been spent...
    • Staff
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of his Department's staff are (a) male and (b) female.
    • Stealth Technology
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent steps he has taken to commission research into military stealth technology.
    • Submarines
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many of those in employment linked (a) indirectly and (b) directly to the Astute successor programme are expected to work on the Vanguard...
    • Submarines
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the timescale is for the completion of the Astute successor programme, by vessel.
    • Trident Missiles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of the Trident missile test launch in the Atlantic ocean on 23 October 2012.
    • Trident Missiles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether it is his policy to inform other governments of Trident missile tests; whether any other governments were informed in advance of the test that...
    • Trident Submarines
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to his Department’s press release of 29 October 2012 announcing £350 million for successor submarines, what methodology his...
    • Trident Submarines
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to make each further spending announcement during the Trident replacement submarine design phase; and if he will make a statement.
    • UN Programme of Action On Small Arms and Light Weapons
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has taken steps to support other countries in implementing the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate Illicit...
    • Unmanned Air Vehicles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) he and (b) his Department have had discussions on the development of drones by states outside the UK in the last 12 months; and if he will...
    • Veterans
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance his Department offers soldiers leaving the Army with job search skills and CV presentation.
    • Westminster Connections
      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) Ministers, (b) civil servants and (c) senior military personnel have had any meetings with Scott Hamilton of Westminster Connections since...
  • Home Department
    • Human Trafficking
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps she has taken to prevent human trafficking; and if she will make a statement.
    • Human Trafficking
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police forces include anti-human trafficking measures in their strategic assessment; and how many police forces plan to include such...
    • Police Force Collaboration
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the potential savings police forces could make through collaboration with other forces.
    • Police Force Collaboration
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the potential savings police forces could make through collaboration with other forces.
    • Police and Crime Commissioners
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the recent elections for police and crime commissioners.
    • Police and Crime Commissioners
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received from the Electoral Commission on the police and crime commissioner elections since 1 September 2012.
    • Police Accountability
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps her Department has taken to improve the accountability of the police.
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department has taken to reduce levels of antisocial behaviour.
    • Migration Controls
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the potential effects on schools, housing and the NHS of the end of transitional controls on migration...
    • Arrest Warrants: Extradition
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited to the UK under a European arrest warrant for offences concerning (a) human trafficking, (b) child sex...
    • Boarding Schools: Abuse
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures exist to ensure that people who previously reported alleged incidents of sexual abuse at boarding schools will have their cases...
    • Boko Haram
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Nigerian group Boko Haram, or associated groups, has a presence in the UK; what steps police forces are taking to monitor any...
    • Bovine Tuberculosis
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what additional funding the Government has allocated to local police forces to help them meet costs associated with the proposed badger...
    • Counter-terrorism
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding has been allocated to each local authority in England and Wales to support their work under the Prevent agenda.
    • Crime: Merseyside
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect on crime levels in Merseyside of the reduction in Government funding for the Community Safety Fund.
    • Draft Communications Data Bill (2 annotations)
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which civil liberties organisations she has met to discuss her draft Communications Data Bill.
    • Ecstasy
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what licences were held from her Department for the drugs used in the recent Channel 4 documentary on MDMA; what the process is for revoking...
    • Electoral Commission
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she last met representatives of the Electoral Commission.
    • Imitation Firearms
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many replica weapons were recovered by the police in each of the last five years.
    • Islam
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on recording Islamophobia as a separate category of hate crime; and if she will make a statement.
    • Mass Media
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which proprietors, editors and senior executives of (a) newspapers and (b) other media organisations she has met since 1 July 2012.
    • Police
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were in each basic command unit in each police force area in England and Wales on 31 March 2012.
    • Police
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken to ensure that the police are rewarded appropriately.
    • Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 25 October 2012, Official Report, column 1012W, on police and crime commissioners, whether she has set a target for...
    • Police and Crime Commissioners: Wales
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 23 October 2012, Official Report, column 764W, on police and crime commissioners: Wales, whether the £350,000...
    • Police Custody: Death
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people died whilst in police custody in each calendar year (a) from 2001 to 2011 and (b) in 2012 to date; (2) how many people...
    • Police: Driving
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what steps are being taken to ensure that police officers are provided with adequate driving training for high-speed pursuits; (2) how...
    • Police: Ethnic Groups
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many black and minority ethnic police community support officers of each ethnicity have applied to become full police constables...
    • Police: Job Satisfaction
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of (a) morale and (b) job satisfaction levels among police officers and staff.
    • Primates: Animal Experiments
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy to revoke Noveprim's accreditation to supply primates to UK laboratories; and if she will make a statement.
    • Remembrance Day
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish her correspondence with the Association of Chief Police Officers on the policing of Remembrance Day services in 2012.
    • Sick Leave
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how many and what proportion of days, on average, staff of her Department at each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill...
    • UN Protocol on Illicit Manufacture and Trafficking Firearms
      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ratify the UN Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in...
  • Cabinet Office
    • Job Creation: Private Sector
      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what proportion of new jobs created in the private sector between August 2010 and August 2012 were part-time positions; (2) what proportion of...
    • Minimum Wage
      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of new jobs created in the private sector between August 2010 and August 2012 have been paid at the national minimum wage.
    • Part-time Employment
      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of part-time workers in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
    • Pay
      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many employees of his Department are paid in excess of (a) £80,000 and (b) £100,000.
    • Temporary Employment: Tax Avoidance
      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he will review Government procurement policy to ensure that money from the public purse does not support any suppliers who operate travel and...
    • Voluntary Work: Young People
      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people from Stoke-on-Trent have taken part in each year of the National Citizen Service; and if he will make a statement.
    • Working Mothers
      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the maternal employment rate is in each (a) region and (b) local authority.
  • Scotland
    • Employment Agencies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his policy is on the use of offshore employment companies in the supply of public sector workers in his Department.
  • Work and Pensions
    • Consumer Prices Index
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the...
    • Dementia
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to support the Prime Minister's dementia challenge and the work of each of the challenge groups; what...
    • Housing Benefit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of households previously affected by the changes to the local housing allowance who have also been...
    • Industrial Health and Safety
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many unpaid court fines for breaches of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 were recorded in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
    • Musculoskeletal Disorders
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) information and (b) support is available to enable people with musculoskeletal conditions to remain in work.
    • Occupational Pensions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the recent report by the Pensions Institute, Caveat Venditor, on auto-enrolment.
    • Occupational Pensions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to ensure that employees offered offshore contracts receive the employer contributions to the new workplace pensions.
    • Pension, Disability and Carers Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the annual salary is of the chief operating officer of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service.
    • Pension, Disability and Carers Service
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2012, Official Report, column 83W, on Pension, Disability and Carers Service, for what reasons the...
    • Social Security Benefits
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on regional benefit differentials; and if he will make a statement.
    • State Retirement Pensions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women affected by changes in the state pension age are informed of such changes in...
    • Vacancies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus in (i) Barrow and Furness constituency, (ii) Cumbria and...
    • Vacancies: Cumbria
      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many new vacancies were listed in Jobcentre Plus in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency and (b) Cumbria in each month of the last three years.
  • Energy and Climate Change
    • Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2012
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions he had with industry representatives prior to the introduction of section 16(5) of the Electricity and Gas (Energy...
    • Employment Agencies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the use of offshore employment companies in the supply of public sector workers in his Department and its...
    • Energy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the domestic market share was of each of the six major energy suppliers for (a) gas and (b) electricity in each of the last 10 years.
    • Energy: Housing
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the subsidy that will be available for energy efficient glazing following the introduction of section...
    • Exhaust Emissions: Transport
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to section 30 of the Climate Change Act 2008, if he will bring forward proposals for regulations to reduce emissions...
    • Fuel Poverty
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will bring forward proposals to allocate funds raised through the (a) Emissions Trading Scheme and (b) carbon floor price to...
    • Garages and Petrol Stations: Closures
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information his Department holds on the number of petrol forecourts that have closed in the last 12 months.
    • Glass: Recycling
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to encourage re-use of glass jam jars.
    • Petrol
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much petrol is currently kept as a strategic reserve; and for how many days that reserve is expected to last.
    • Universal Credit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how the qualifying conditions for each passported benefit for which he is responsible will change under universal credit.
    • Wind Power
      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for South Northamptonshire, of 1 November 2012, Official Report, column 369, on onshore...
  • Treasury
    • Apprentices
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the speech of 29 October 2012, on delivering the regional renaissance, what the breakdown of the 34,000 apprenticeships he expects to be...
    • Banks: Loans
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of how his funding for lending scheme will benefit consumers; and what steps he has put in place to measure the success of the...
    • Banks: Loans
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that banks and building societies publish the details of their mortgage lending made using his Funding for Lending scheme.
    • Child Benefit
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost of child benefit was in 2011; and if he will estimate the cost of child benefit in 2015, if such benefit were restricted to two children at...
    • Child Benefit
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of families in each parliamentary constituency who would be effected if child benefit were to be capped at two children per...
    • Corporation Tax
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2012, Official Report, columns 1092-3W, on capital gains tax, how many companies in (a) the UK, (b) England and (c) the...
    • Corporation Tax
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appeals against HM Revenue and Customs decisions on corporation tax have been made to the First-tier Tribunal (Tax) or its predecessor in each year...
    • Economic Situation: Forecasts
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Bank of England on the full publication of the details of the Compass forecasting model.
    • Excise Duties: Fuels
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much revenue he raised from fuel duty from (a) rural and (b) urban areas in each of the last five years; (2) what estimate he has made on the...
    • Gift Aid
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if the Government will support efforts to ensure that claiming Gift Aid on donations made either online or by text message to multiple charities can...
    • Gift Aid: Schools
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) which schools in Scotland (a) are registered for Gift Aid and (b) have received gift aid payments in each of the last three years for which figures...
    • Government Departments: Procurement
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department monitors whether Government contractors that win Government contracts pay the appropriate amount of tax in the UK; and whether any...
    • Government Securities
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether paying interest coupons on gilts to the Bank of England's Asset Purchase Facility causes the Public Sector Net Cash Requirement to be lower than...
    • Imports: Eggs
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether dried whole egg, dried egg albumin, dried egg yolk, special dried egg powder mixes and other types of dried egg imports are included in HM Revenue...
    • Mortgages
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what information his Department holds on how many mortgages have been taken out in the London borough of Havering in each of the last five years; (2)...
    • National Insurance Contributions: Musicians
      UKVT 47 (7CC); and if he will make a statement.
    • Offshore Industry
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal measures are in place to encourage oil and gas exploration.
    • Personal Income
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people in each region have an annual income in excess of (a) £1 million and (b) £2 million; (2) what estimate his Department has...
    • Public Sector Debt
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to address UK net debt.
    • Regional Planning and Development
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much funding the Government plans to award to successful applicants for the second wave of City Deals.
    • Regional Planning and Development
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely cost of the bidding process for the second wave of City Deals to (a) central Government, (b) local government and...
    • Regional Planning and Development
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with local government leaders in the Tees Valley on the submission of a wave two City...
    • Revenue and Customs: Cumbernauld
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff were employed at HM Revenue and Customs Cumbernauld on (a) 13 November 2012 and (b) 6 May 2010.
    • Social Enterprises
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to include social enterprise in the Government's growth agenda; and if he will make a statement.
    • Staff
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each...
    • Taxation: Fraud
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer arising from organised fraud in relation to (a) income tax, (b) value added tax and (c) corporation...
    • Temporary Employment: Tax Avoidance
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will take steps to tackle travel and subsistence schemes being used by some temporary labour providers for the purpose of tax avoidance; (2) if...
    • Venture Capital
      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to promote investment in venture capital trusts.
  • Northern Ireland
    • Bombings: Omagh
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many detectives are currently engaged in the police investigation into the Omagh bombing.
    • Employment Agencies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what her policy is on the use of offshore employment companies in the supply of public sector workers in her Department and its associated...
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
    • Algeria
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Algeria and Morocco about the repatriation of those living in...
    • Algeria
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the security situation in refugee camps in Tindouf province in Algeria.
    • Algeria
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the humanitarian situation in refugee camps in Tindouf province in Algeria.
    • China
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the potential for the (a) UK and (b) EU, to develop a low carbon strategic...
    • Dalai Lama
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2012, Official Report, column 23W, on Dalai Lama, what advice was given to Ministers on...
    • EU Defence Policy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on plans to establish an EU military operations headquarters.
    • EU Law
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what fines were levied on the UK Government for non-compliance with EU directives from (a) 1997 to 2010 and (b) 2010 to date.
    • Mauritania
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the UK's relationship with Mauritania.
    • Slovak Roma
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) his European counterparts and (b) the European Commission on the distribution of...
    • Trade Agreements
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will initiate contingency planning including exploratory multilateral or bilateral trade talks with the US, Canada,...
    • Turks and Caicos Islands
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the Government's management of the Turks and Caicos Islands during the period in which...
    • Turks and Caicos Islands
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will allow the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands to delay the introduction of VAT if it wishes to do so.
    • Ukraine (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Ukraine on the arrest and detention of Yulia Tymoshenko.
    • Unmanned Air Vehicles
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department holds on how many British citizens were killed by unmanned aerial vehicle strikes in each of the...
    • Visits Abroad
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last visited (a) China, (b) Brazil and (c) the US.
    • Western Sahara
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2012, Official Report, column 470W, on Western Sahara, whether the right to...
    • Western Sahara
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any funding under the Arab Partnership Fund is being used to support programmes in Western Sahara.
    • Yemen
      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the application of Yemen for membership of the Commonwealth.
  • Justice
    • Billing
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what...
    • Catering
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent on refreshments since May 2010.
    • Crime and Courts Bill
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what definition of a requirement for the purpose of punishment the Government proposes to use when issuing guidance on the implementation of the...
    • Debt Collection
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the Government will examine (a) multiple fee-charging for a single visit and (b) adherence to vulnerable person guidelines by private bailiff...
    • Drugs: Birmingham
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been found guilty of offences of drug (a) possession and (b) dealing in Birmingham in each year since 1997.
    • Electronic Tagging
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of increasing the number of offenders tagged to (a) 70,000, (b) 100,000 and (c) 130,000.
    • Landlords: Prosecutions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many landlords have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 for failing to arrange...
    • Leasehold Valuation Tribunal
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) for what reason costs ordered by the Leaseholder Valuation Tribunal are limited to £500; where he advertises that limit; what exceptions there...
    • Methamphetamine
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of (a) manufacturing and (b) using methamphetamine in (i) the London Borough of Havering and (ii) the UK in the last...
    • Offenders: Rehabilitation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he proposes that the changes in England and Wales to rehabilitation periods in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 as amended by the Legal...
    • Policing and Crime Act 2009
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many convictions there were under section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012; (2) how many offenders have received...
    • Prisoners: Repatriation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners have been returned to the UK under the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons from (a) the US, (b) European Union countries...
    • Prisoners: Repatriation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how long on average a prisoner waiting to be returned to the UK under the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons has to wait to be removed from...
    • Prisons: Finance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding each prison will receive in the current financial year; and what funding is budgeted for 2013-14.
    • Prisons: Procurement
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many full time equivalent staff of his Department are involved in the prison marketisation process.
    • Prisons: Procurement
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) when officials in his Department sought approval from Ministers in his Department for the outcome of the recent marketisation of prisons process;...
    • Prisons: Procurement
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has for further market testing of prisons up to 2015.
    • Richard III
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Burnley Central of 25 October 2012, Official Report, column 997W, on Richard III, whether it is still the...
    • Risley Prison
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to reduce the number of illegal drugs and mobile telephones being smuggled into HM Prison Risley; and if he will make a statement.
    • Risley Prison
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many assaults on staff have taken place at HM Prison Risley in each of the last five years.
    • Risley Prison
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what consideration he has given to the recent report of the Independent Monitoring Board on HM Prison Risley; and if he will make a statement.
    • Sentencing
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions for offences of (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, (d) robbery, (e) burglary, (f) arson and...
    • Universal Credit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how the qualifying conditions for each passported benefit for which he is responsible will change under universal credit.
    • Wandsworth Prison
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proposed changes at HMP Wandsworth will be implemented following the 2011-12 annual report from the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
    • Wandsworth Prison
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what funding HMP Wandsworth received from the Government in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12; and what the budget for 2012-13 is.
    • Wandsworth Prison
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were in HMP Wandsworth on 1 April and 1 October in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012.
    • Work Capability Assessment
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of time was for an appeal to be heard in respect of employment and support allowance in the latest period for which figures are...
    • Written Questions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many written parliamentary questions to his Department received a substantive answer (a) within five working days, (b) between six and 10...
  • Business, Innovation and Skills
    • Agriculture: Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people have graduated from an agricultural college in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
    • Antidumping Duties
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if his Department will support the introduction of anti-dumping import duties.
    • Employment: Rural Areas
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the effect on rural communities of a lack of well-paid jobs; and what steps he is...
    • Engineering: Young People
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with the Bloodhound world land speed record team on the role of the project in encouraging young...
    • EU Grants and Loans
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he has taken to ensure that grants made from the Regional Development Fund support his industrial policy.
    • Export Credit Guarantees
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much he has spent on advertising and marketing for the Export Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme.
    • Further Education: West Midlands
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many further education colleges have received funding for either new buildings or refurbishments from his Department in (a)...
    • Higher Education: Blackpool
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many pupils in receipt of free school meals entered higher education in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency in the...
    • Kidneys: Diseases
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what research his Department is undertaking to determine the causes of polycystic kidney disease.
    • Local Enterprise Partnerships
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise's contribution of 16 October 2012 in oral evidence to the Business,...
    • Manufacturing Industries: Tees Valley
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps UK Trade and Investment has taken to (a) promote and (b) encourage investment in manufacturing industries on Teesside.
    • Nuclear Physics
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the Review of UK Nuclear Physics Research published by the Institute of Physics; and what steps he...
    • Overseas Trade: Somalia
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value was of UK (a) imports from and (b) exports to Somalia in each of the last five years.
    • Pay
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many employees of his Department are paid in excess of (a) £80,000 and (b) £100,000.
    • Regional Assistance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what date a Minister of his Department last met European Commission officials to discuss the 2014-2020 Regional Aid Guidelines.
    • Satellite Communications
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment has been made of the opportunities for growth in the UK space sector arising from expenditure on the European...
    • South East
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps he has taken to increase the number of apprenticeships in the south-east.
    • South East
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote private sector employment in the south-east.
    • South East
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps he has taken to encourage business start-ups in the South East; and if he will make a statement.
    • South East
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what support his Department has provided to university and business research partnerships in the South East in the last 12 months.
    • Students: Loans
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many graduates had their student loan debt recovered by the Student Loans Company through EU Regulation 44/2001 in 2010-11.
    • Universal Credit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he has taken to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are aware of the implications of the introduction of...
  • Culture Media and Sport
    • Arts
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much Government funding has been allocated to private art projects in each year since 1997.
    • Arts
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the name is of each arts and cultural organisation funded or sponsored directly by her Department; how much funding each...
    • Arts Council England
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the restructuring of Arts Council England announced on 30 October...
    • Gun Sports
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to encourage and support people presently involved and interested in being involved in shooting...
    • International Broadcasting
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessments have been conducted by Ofcom in relation to international broadcasting in the last three years.
    • Internet: Gillingham
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of (a) people and (b) households in Gillingham and Rainham constituency who do not...
    • Leisure: Surveys
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the cost of the Taking Part survey was in each year since its introduction.
    • Pay
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many employees of her Department are paid in excess of (a) £80,000 and (b) £100,000.
    • Social Networking: Advertising
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent assessment she has made of the case for better regulations relating to the marketing of high fat, sugar or salt...
    • Social Networking: Advertising
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent representations she has received from parents for stronger regulations and restrictions in respect of the...
    • Sports: Public Participation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps the Government is taking to encourage young people to be involved in competitive sport.
    • Universal Credit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how the qualifying conditions for each passported benefit for which she is responsible will change under universal credit.
  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs
    • Agriculture: Subsidies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress he has made on setting up producer organisations; what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his £50...
    • Air Pollution
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many air quality management areas there are.
    • Animals: Exports
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the remit of the review on live exports is.
    • Animals: Exports
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many prosecutions there have been for animal welfare exploitation within the live export trade in each of the last five years.
    • Ash Dieback Disease
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the COBRA meeting of 2 November 2012 on Chalara fraxinea, what steps he is taking to limit the spread of...
    • Ash Dieback Disease
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when his Department wrote to local authorities to warn them of ash dieback disease.
    • Ash Dieback Disease
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what date his Department first notified the Scottish Government about the discovery of Chalara fraxinea.
    • Ash Dieback Disease
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in which locations cases of ash dieback have been discovered.
    • Beaches: Saltburn
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the reasons why Saltburn failed to reach the mandatory minimum standard...
    • Beaches: Saltburn
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions (a) he, (b) his Ministerial colleagues, (c) his Department and (d) the Environment Agency have had...
    • Bovine Tuberculosis
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the costs incurred by (a) farmers and (b) his Department in preparation for this year's...
    • Bovine Tuberculosis
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of farms in potential badger cull licence areas are inspected by Natural England to ensure that they are...
    • Catering
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on refreshments since May 2010.
    • Cider
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had with West Country cider makers on the...
    • Common Land
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many town and village green applications were made in the last year; what proportion were successful; what the average...
    • Floods: Insurance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his Oral Answer of 25 October 2012, Official Report, columns 1056-7, on flood insurance, what further progress he...
    • Floods: Insurance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many full time equivalent officials of his Department worked on flood insurance in each year from 2007 to date.
    • Gangmasters Licensing Authority
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under what budget headings reductions on expenditure have been made by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority since 2010.
    • Himalayan Balsam
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to combat the spread of Himalayan balsam.
    • Livestock: Exports
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will consider implementing a ban on live animal exports.
    • Livestock: Exports
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures he is considering implementing to improve the welfare standards of animals exported live from the UK.
    • Livestock: Transport
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to prevent the unnecessary suffering of livestock during transport.
    • Livestock: Transport
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to encourage the slaughter of animals on site in order to prevent the unnecessary suffering of...
    • Marine Conservation Zones
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to put in place interim measures to prevent any potential damage to conservation features in the proposed...
    • Marine Conservation Zones
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that the forthcoming designation of the marine conservation zone network in English waters...
    • Marine Conservation Zones
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with wildfowling agents on how they will continue their sporting activities in proposals for the...
    • Nappies: Waste Disposal
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy to include (a) measures to reduce disposable nappy waste going to landfill and (b)...
    • National Wildlife Crime Unit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has for the future of the National Wildlife Crime Unit after March 2013.
    • National Wildlife Crime Unit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the future of the National Wildlife Crime Unit after 2012, with...
    • National Wildlife Crime Unit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department regarding the future of the National...
    • Nature Conservation
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) Natural England, (b) the Marine Management Organisation and (c) the Joint Nature Conservation Committee has...
    • Plants: Disease Control
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he has considered introducing quarantine measures for soil samples to prevent plant pathogen diseases.
    • Ragwort
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to eradicate ragwort.
    • Sick Leave
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2012, Official Report, columns 647-48W, on sick leave, what assessment he has made of...
    • Sky Lanterns
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2012, Official Report, column 1081W, on sky lanterns, whether he has yet determined the...
    • Trees: Diseases
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which tree species are likely to be affected by Phytophthora pathogens; and what steps he is taking to prevent further...
    • Water
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what projections his Department has made of the demand for water in each water company area in each year from 2012 to...
    • Water Charges
      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of households that will spend more than (a) three per cent and...
  • Prime Minister
    • Middle East
      To ask the Prime Minister with which Governments he specifically raised concerns over human rights violations in states they govern during his recent visit to the middle east; and in each case...
  • Women and Equalities
    • Equality and Human Rights Commission
      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how many staff working for the Equality and Human Rights Commission are employed through off-payroll arrangements; and how many such staff were...
  • Communities and Local Government
    • Fire Services
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the oral answer of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 12 November 2012, Official Report, column 15, on...
    • Affordable Housing
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment his Department has made of the use of sustainable materials for future affordable housing; and which such...
    • Affordable Housing: Havering
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much affordable housing has been built in Havering in each of the last five years.
    • Bookmakers
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the increase in the number of bookmakers on local communities.
    • Broadband
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on Nottinghamshire county council's application for a grant from his Department towards business...
    • Broadband
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the availability of European regional development fund funds for business broadband...
    • Broadband
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the extension of eligibility for grants from his Department for the purposes of business broadband...
    • Council Tax
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of whether there is any reason why local authorities should not collect council tax by 12 equal...
    • Family Intervention Projects
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what powers of oversight and direction the Government has over the Troubled Families programmes operated by local authorities.
    • Family Intervention Projects
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 8 October 2012, Official Report, column 654W, on children: protection, by what date he expects to have...
    • Family Intervention Projects
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Troubled Families co-ordinators there are in each local authority area.
    • Government Procurement Card
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the Homes and Community Agency's Government Procurement Card transaction data,...
    • Homelessness: Plymouth
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will estimate the number of homeless young people in Plymouth in each year since 2007. [R]
    • Housing: Construction
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how the decision was reached that the group reviewing building standards will comprise a membership of four.
    • Housing: Havering
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people are waiting for housing in the London borough of Havering.
    • Leasehold Valuation Tribunal
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he last met people connected with improving the operation of the law relating to leaseholder disputes and access to the...
    • Local Government
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will not implement the proposals in Lord Heseltine’s report to allow local enterprise partnerships to become unitary...
    • Local Government
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) if he will take steps to protect the historic and ancient county of Somerset from any encroachment by its neighbours as...
    • Members: Correspondence
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he intends to reply to the letter of 30 August 2012 from Wychavon district council on the implication for local decision...
    • Non-domestic Rates
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to introduce regulations to give effect to the provisions of the Business Rate Supplement Act 2009 which allow for...
    • Pay
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many employees of his Department are paid in excess of (a) £80,000 and (b) £100,000.
    • Planning Permission
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State's answer to Question 65 of the Communities and Local Government...
    • Planning Permission
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authority in England had the largest number of major planning applications in respect of which a decision was made...
    • Research
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what external policy research his Department has commissioned in each of the last six years; which organisation was commissioned...
    • Universal Credit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how the qualifying conditions for each passported benefit for which he is responsible will change under universal credit.
  • Education
    • Academies
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether the Church of England can be a sponsor for a school transitioning to academy status.
    • Children in Care
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to publish findings and recommendations from the task and finish groups on (a) data sharing around children's residential homes and (b)...
    • Children: Custody
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to publish draft clauses relating to changes to shared parenting to be proposed in the forthcoming Children Bill.
    • Children: Malnutrition
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of undernourishment among children attending school; and what steps he is taking to maximise...
    • Children's Play
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of changes in the level of spending on children's play and recreation services by local authorities since May 2010.
    • Class Sizes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the teacher-pupil ratio was in (a) England, (b) the west midlands and (c) Birmingham in each of the last five years.
    • Education: Qualifications
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education at how many and which mainstream secondary schools 10 per cent or more pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieved (a) no GCSEs at grade A* to C,...
    • Engineering: Young People
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the value of the Bloodhound world land speed recent project in encouraging schools to stimulate their pupils to consider...
    • Free School Meals
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education at how many and which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools which fell below the Government's floor targets, fewer than (i) 15, (ii) five and (iii) one...
    • Free School Meals
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to publish his Department's consultation on eligibility for free school meals under universal credit; and what the reasons are for the...
    • Further Education: Free School Meals
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what assessment he has made of the effect on take-up of places at further education and sixth form colleges of making students at such colleges...
    • Further Education: Free School Meals
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many further education and sixth form college students aged 16 to 18-years-old would be eligible for free school meals if they were attending a...
    • Grammar Schools: Free School Meals
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils at each state grammar school were eligible for free school meals in each local authority area in the most recent...
    • Health Education: Sex
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that schools provide young people with clear information regarding consent and domestic violence during the course of...
    • Home Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on home-schooling.
    • Home Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent assessment he has made of the benefits of home-schooling for children.
    • Languages: GCSE
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what steps he is taking to encourage the study of Spanish at GCSE; (2) how many students studied Spanish at GCSE in 2011-12.
    • Ministerial Policy Advisers
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 30 October 2012, Official Report, columns 203-4W, on Ministerial policy advisers, for what reasons he has increased the joint...
    • Outdoor Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that outstanding practice in fieldwork teaching outside the classroom is recognised and reported on in secondary...
    • Outdoor Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that continuing professional development available to experienced science and geography teachers in secondary schools...
    • Outdoor Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that all future routes for initial teacher training will deliver sufficient numbers of early-career teachers who are...
    • Overseas Students: Panama
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to encourage Panamanian students to study in the UK.
    • Overseas Students: Panama
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students from Panama are studying in the UK.
    • Peniel Academy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of each Ofsted inspection report for the former Peniel Academy school in Brentwood since 2000.
    • Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education on what date his Department's review of personal, social health and education stopped receiving submissions; and when he plans to publish the results...
    • Press: Subscriptions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months.
    • Private Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the answer of 25 April 2012, Official Report, column 932W, on private education, how many local authorities (a) provide and (b) plan...
    • Pupils: Disadvantaged
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the level of uptake of residential experiences by students studying geography and science in secondary schools in areas...
    • Pupils: Disadvantaged
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils have attracted payment of the pupil premium in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Medway and (c) Kent in the latest period...
    • Pupils: Disadvantaged
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether the pupil premium will have an effect on the difference in per pupil funding between Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
    • Pupils: Disadvantaged
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether the pupil premium will have an effect on the difference in per pupil funding between Worcestershire and Birmingham in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
    • Pupils: Per Capita Costs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what the national average per pupil unit of funding for schools in England is; and what the per pupil unit of funding is for Cambridgeshire; (2)...
    • Pupils: Per Capita Costs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the per pupil units of funding were for (a) Worcestershire, (b) Herefordshire, (c) Gloucestershire, (d) Warwickshire, (e) Staffordshire, (f)...
    • Pupils: Per Capita Costs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the national average per pupil unit of funding for schools in England is; and what the per pupil unit of funding for Worcestershire is (a)...
    • Schools
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information his Department holds on the number of children who attended (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five, (e) six, (f) seven, (g) eight, (h)...
    • Schools: Admissions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and which schools are (a) known and (b) permitted to select pupils on the basis of aptitude in (i) sports, (ii) the arts, (iii) modern...
    • Schools: Disability
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will commit to consulting (a) disabled people, (b) organisations representing disabled people and (c) architects in advance of any further...
    • Schools: Finance
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have received an Environment Improvement Grant of more than £50,000 in each local authority; which such schools are sponsored...
    • Schools: Lancashire
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have been put into special measures in Wyre and Preston North constituency since 2009.
    • Schools: Worcestershire
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department has made of the fairness of the funding formula for schools in Worcestershire.
    • Science: Education
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what steps his Department is taking to encourage schools to improve science teaching; and what measures are in place to assess the quality of...
    • Sixth Form Education: West Midlands
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many sixth form colleges in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands received funding for new buildings from his Department in each year since...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of whether local authorities would need additional administrative support and human resources to administer the proposals...
    • Special Guardianship Orders
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on the practice of law firms advertising special guardianship orders as an alternative to surrogacy arrangements; and if he will...
    • Teachers
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many qualified teachers have stopped working as teachers in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham since 2003.
    • Teachers: Pensions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will consider commissioning an independent valuation of the teachers’ pension scheme; and if he will make a statement.
    • Teachers: Pensions
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the answer of 1 December 2011, Official Report, column 1093W, on teachers: pensions, when he expects the next valuation of the...
    • Truancy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education for how many and which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were more than (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 30 and (iv) 40 per cent of pupils classified as...
    • Truancy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and which schools had more than four per cent of half days missed due to unauthorised absence in the most recent year for which figures are...
    • Universal Credit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how the qualifying conditions for each passported benefit for which he is responsible will change under universal credit.
  • Health
    • Accident and Emergency Departments
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS patients spent fewer than four hours waiting in accident and emergency departments in English hospitals in the latest period for...
    • Alcoholic Drinks: Children
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2012, Official Report, columns 640-2W, on alcoholic drinks: children, what assessment he has made of the reasons for...
    • Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate of alcoholism was for (a) 11 to 18 and (b) 18 to 25-year-olds in each year from 1988 to 2011.
    • Arthritis
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of data collection for people with arthritis attending rheumatology department out-patient services.
    • Autism: Prisoners
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prisoners have been diagnosed with autism in the UK prison system.
    • Behaviour Disorders: Children
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to improve the awareness of (a) the public, (b) those who work in education and (c) GPs of the significance of childhood...
    • Bereavement Counselling
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what grief counselling services the NHS provides to family and friends of deceased persons.
    • Calcium
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to address the low level of calcium intake; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who suffer from low calcium in...
    • Cancer
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the budget of the National Commissioning Board for commissioning radiotherapy services will be for 2013-14; (2) what the budget of the...
    • Cancer: Drugs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of how many additional people received treatment as a consequence of the introduction of the Cancer Drugs Fund.
    • Care Homes: Fees and Charges
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the proposals of the final report of the Commission on Funding Care and Support, if he will place in the Library case studies showing...
    • Chronic Illnesses
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to enable people with long-term medical conditions to access specialist rehabilitation.
    • Death Certificates
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to promote the Chief Medical Officer's guidance issued in 2007 that entries in death certificates should reflect doctors' best...
    • Dementia
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to ensure that any forthcoming proposals in respect of free end of life care are developed with consideration of people with...
    • Dementia
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish an estimate of the number of lives saved as a result of the 52 per cent reduction in the prescribing of antipsychotics reported in his...
    • Depressive Illnesses: Children
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were issued for the treatment of depression in children in each of the last 10 years.
    • Diabetes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to introduce for GPs diabetes testing targets for those patients who do not have the condition.
    • Diabetes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he has any plans to increase the use of insulin pumps by type one diabetics to manage their condition; (2) what guidelines have been issued to...
    • Diabetes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines are currently in place for GPs on the provision of testing strips for type one diabetics.
    • Diabetes
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the benefits of artificial pancreases in the treatment of diabetes.
    • General Medical Council
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the effect on Fitness to Practice decisions of the Cohen decision and the General Medical Council's lack of a...
    • Genito-urinary Medicine
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's sexual health policy document; (2) when he expects to publish his Department's...
    • Health Services: Schools
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to encourage schools to participate in the (a) work of health and wellbeing boards and (b) development of joint health and...
    • Hotels
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the discounts on hotel charges for officials on Government business which his Department has negotiated.
    • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and Human Tissue Authority
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he expects to publish a response to his consultation on proposals to transfer functions from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
    • Kidneys: Diseases
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of (a) autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and (b) autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease have been diagnosed in East...
    • Learning Disability: Social Services
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will include a full assessment of the adequacy of any funding levels in the final report of the Winterborne View review or any accompanying...
    • Lung Cancer
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of selenium supplementation on the incidence of lung cancer in women.
    • Lung Diseases
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what mechanism Ministers in his Department will hold the NHS Commissioning Board to account for making progress on the Outcomes Strategy for chronic...
    • Meningitis
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support his Department provides for research to develop a vaccine for group B meningococcal meningitis.
    • Meningitis
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the average lifetime cost to the taxpayer of residual physical and cognitive issues caused by group B meningococcal meningitis.
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the Centre for Mental Health report entitled A Chance to Change, published in October 2012; and what assessment he has made...
    • Musculoskeletal Disorders
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to ensure that musculoskeletal health is included in the responsibilities of Public Health England and the public health...
    • NHS
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the NHS Commissioning Board plans to announce its list of national clinical leads.
    • NHS Commissioning Board (1 annotation)
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health who will sit on the National Commissioning Board's 27 local area teams; and what skills relating to health members of those teams will be required to have.
    • NHS: Disclosure of Information
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the number of instances in which confidentiality clauses have been included in NHS staff severance agreements.
    • NHS: Drugs
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with hospital trusts and health organisations on the use of junior drugs.
    • Organs: Donors
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the effect that the introduction of presumed consent into the organ donation system in...
    • Organs: Donors
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of human organs likely to become available for transplant in England if presumed consent...
    • Palliative Care
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many formal complaints have been made to his Department claiming that patients were placed on the Liverpool Care Pathway without discussion with the...
    • Palliative Care
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of hospital deaths in (a) England and (b) Wales were on the Liverpool Care Pathway; (2) how many patients in (a) England and (b)...
    • Palliative Care
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what training (a) nurses and (b) doctors receive in palliative care.
    • Palliative Care
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on how many people have been placed on the Liverpool Care Pathway since its inception.
    • Palliative Care
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that the relatives of a patient who is in and out of consciousness are consulted and supported to help make decisions...
    • Prescription Drugs: Misuse
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health who the programme manager is for the National Treatment Agency's research into addiction to prescribed medication.
    • Prostate Cancer
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding the Government specifically sets aside for prostate cancer.
    • Radiotherapy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the additional NHS funding required to fulfil the Prime Minister’s pledge that all cancer patients in need of...
    • Radiotherapy
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) with reference to section 3.27 of his Department's report on Radiotherapy Service in England 2012, for what reason three of the four new cancer...
    • Radiotherapy: Wells
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health where the nearest cancer centre is at which cancer patients in Wells constituency can receive stereotactic ablative radiotherapy treatment for tumours of...
    • Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths of people aged (a) under five, (b) between five and 14, (c) between 15 and 44, (d) between 45 and 59, (e) between 60 and 69 and (f) over...
    • Streptococcus
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what effect he expects the 2012 update to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Prevention of early onset neonatal group B...
    • Tranquillisers
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his Department's policy is on the closure of specialist tranquilliser withdrawal clinics; (2) what steps his Department is taking to reduce...
    • Tranquillisers
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2012, Official Report, columns 175-6W, on tranquillisers, whether his Department retains oversight of policy on...
    • Tranquillisers
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 1008W, on tranquillisers, what steps he has taken to ensure that the National...
    • Transplant Surgery
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people received an organ transplant in 2011; (2) what recent steps he has taken to encourage people to become organ donors; (3) how many...
    • Universal Credit
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how the qualifying conditions for each passported benefit for which he is responsible will change under universal credit.
    • Vitamin D
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to address vitamin D deficiency amongst young girls; (2) what discussions he has had with hospital trusts to ensure that...
    • Window Blinds: Accidents
      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that parents are aware of the potential hazards of window blind cords to young children.
  • Deputy Prime Minister
    • Trident
      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the current indicative year-on-year profile of spending on the development phase of the replacement for Trident.
  • International Development
    • Bangladesh
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2012, Official Report, column 724W, on Bangladesh, how much was spent training each government...
    • Bangladesh
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2012, Official Report, column 724W, on Bangladesh, how the project assisted people to understand...
    • Developing Countries: Urban Areas
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her key urban development priorities are.
    • EU Aid
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether she will support the European Development Fund's proposed level of £30 billion in the EU budget negotiations.
    • India
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what plans she has for the redistribution of UK aid to India; (2) what her timescale is for the reduction of UK aid to India.
    • India
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what projects currently funded by her Department in India will cease by 2015.
    • India
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding her Department will spend in India after 2015.
    • India
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what analysis her Department undertook to inform the decision to withdraw UK financial aid to India; and if she will make a statement.
    • India
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the withdrawal of UK financial aid to India on poverty levels in India.
    • St Helena
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to her planned funding of an airport at St Helena, what the estimated (a) total cost and (b) cost is of the airport in...
    • St Helena
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to her planned funding of an airport at St Helena, and her key goal of boosting the local economy, what assessment her...
    • St Helena
      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to her planned funding of an airport at St Helena, what assessment her Department has made of the sufficiency of the...
  • House of Lords
    • Agriculture: Global Food Security
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of climate change on global food security.
    • Apprenticeships
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprenticeships for young people there have been in each year from 2005 until the last year for which records are available in (1) each of the English...
    • Armed Forces: Medals
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Prime Minister on 31 October (Official Report, col. 229-230) that Sir John Holmes was conducting a review into the award of the...
    • Banks: Iceland
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether terms have now been agreed with Iceland for the repayment of funds due to HM Treasury in respect of deposits placed with Icelandic banks by United Kingdom...
    • Banks: Money Laundering
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Financial Services Authority is examining money laundering by HSBC in Mexico.
    • Bees
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they have put in place to reverse the decline of the United Kingdom's wild bees.
    • Bees
      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the decline in the United Kingdom's bee populations to be stabilised and reversed. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they forecast that the...
    • Benefits
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their forecast of the impact on provision of childcare costs through the benefits and tax credits system of the extension in 2014 of free early education...
    • Bovine Tuberculosis
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 22 October (WA 6-7), how in next summer's cull they will verify that the correct percentage of badgers has been...
    • Bovine Tuberculosis
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of increased badger numbers in Somerset and Gloucester, whether local farmers will continue to fund the total cost of the proposed badger cull in...
    • Children: Child Protection
      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Secretary of State for the Home Department will reply to the letter from Lord Robertson of Port Ellen of 24 July, concerning child protection.
    • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on police protection for medical researchers working on chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis.
    • Civil Service: Secondments
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many senior civil servants at the Ministry of Justice are on secondment to companies or organisations in the United Kingdom; how many were seconded to such...
    • Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to bring into force Section 156 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.
    • Courts: Magistrates' Courts
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of local magistrates courts are manned by professional judges as opposed to lay magistrates; and whether they have any plans to increase that...
    • Crime: Domestic Violence
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that police and crime commissioners and local authorities implement national strategies to prevent and eliminate domestic violence.
    • Crime: Homicide
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been killed in the United Kingdom since 1963 by persons previously convicted of homicide.
    • Deposit Guarantee Scheme
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been paid to HM Treasury under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme introduced in 2008; and how much has been paid in claims.
    • Egypt
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Egypt about that country's position on the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
    • Elections: Police and Crime Commissioners
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is compulsory for electors to vote for a second preference candidate in the elections for police and crime commissioners; and, if not, why the ballot...
    • Embryology
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 23 June 2010 (WA 182-3) and Baroness Garden of Frognal on 5 November (WA 168), whether they regard pronuclear...
    • EU: Finance
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed with other European Union member states the benefits of openness and transparency in dealing with the financial crisis affecting...
    • EU: Financial Assistance to Member States
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have (1) spent outright, and (2) provided in loans, in support of the euro; how much they have spent and loaned to support the economies of (a)...
    • EU: Multiannual Financial Framework
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comments by the Polish Minister of Regional Development, Elzbieta Bienkowska, on their approach to negotiations on the...
    • EU: Trade Agreements
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Abersoch on 9 December 2009 (WA 129-30), with how many countries the European Union has free trade agreements; and...
    • Government Departments: Coalition Agreement
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress the Department of Energy and Climate Change has made since May 2010 in respect of commitments relevant to it in the coalition agreement.
    • Government Departments: Coalition Agreement
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has made since May 2010 in respect of commitments relevant to it in the coalition agreement.
    • Government Departments: Correspondence
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average time taken to reply to letters sent to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by (1) members of the House of Lords, (2)...
    • Government Departments: Correspondence
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance is issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to its staff about responding to correspondence; and whether they will place a...
    • Government Departments: ICT
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many computers were (1) owned, and (2) leased, by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008, (d) 2009, (e) 2010,...
    • Government Departments: Procurement
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance is issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to staff using the government procurement card.
    • Government Departments: Staff
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what surveys of staff employed by the Department for Energy and Climate Change are conducted; at what cost; at what time of year; and whether they will place in...
    • Health: Human Papilloma Virus
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what trials were conducted on the effects of human papilloma virus vaccines on male and female reproductive systems before the vaccines were approved for human...
    • Health: Medical Treatment Withdrawal
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make it a criminal offence for NHS employees to withhold medical treatment or care from patients on the ground of age.
    • Higher Education: Overseas Students
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of (1) European Union, and (2) non-European Union, immigrant students entering United Kingdom non-university institutes of...
    • House of Lords: Appointments
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Strathclyde on 7 November (WA 210), whether the Prime Minister intends to fulfil his commitment to ensure that the...
    • Imports: Plants and Animals
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of recent cases of ash dieback disease in the United Kingdom, what steps they are taking to identify other risks arising from the importation of...
    • Israel and Palestine
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Israel about that country's exercise of its responsibilities under the Geneva Convention for the welfare of...
    • Justice: Youth Courts
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, since the closure of the youth courts in south-west Lancashire on 1 July, how many cases from the south Ribble and Chorley areas have been heard at (1) Preston,...
    • Justice: Youth Courts
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases from Ormskirk have been listed at Ormskirk Youth Court on each date of sitting since the closure of youth courts in south-west Lancashire on 1 July;...
    • Lebanon
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the potential impact, and likelihood, of any transfer of chemical weapons or missiles from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
    • National Association of Pension Funds
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will assist the National Association of Pension Funds in order to increase the amount the Association secures from members to invest in Treasury-sponsored...
    • National Crime Agency
      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will make available the Framework document for the National Crime Agency.
    • National Insurance
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether employers based in the Channel Islands of teachers working in the United Kingdom are required to (1) pay employer national insurance contributions, and (2)...
    • National Insurance
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 22 October (WA 28-9), why there is a difference between the estimate of 27,000 Romanians entering the...
    • Peacebuilding Funds
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the United Nations recommendation that 15% of all peacebuilding funds should be directed towards supporting women's rights and...
    • Pensions
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the statutory funding objective and the statement of funding principles in Sections 222 and 223 of the Pensions Act 2004 in relation to...
    • Post-2015 Development Agenda
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other Governments on the inclusion of peacebuilding in the post-2015 development framework.
    • Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the code of practice on powers of entry, as set out in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
    • Public Health
      To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Public Health has been disbanded.
    • Regional Growth Fund
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the regional growth fund winners in rounds 1 and 2 are still waiting for their funds.
    • Regional Growth Fund
      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many winning bidders have withdrawn from the regional growth fund.
    • Schools: Buildings and Land
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current guidance to local authorities regarding the disposal of school buildings.
    • Taxation: Non-domiciled Taxpayers
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of United Kingdom residents (1) entitled to claim non-domiciled status for tax purposes, and (2) paying the non-domiciled flat...
    • Trees: Chalara Fraxinea
      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord de Mauley on 7 November (HL2995), why the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs did not impose immediate...
    • Trees: Chalara Fraxinea
      To ask Her Majesty's Government why, following confirmation of ash dieback fungus at a nursery in Buckinghamshire on 7 March, Ministers were not informed of the finding until 3 April.
    • Trees: Chalara Fraxinea
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the name and address of the nursery in Buckinghamshire where the first incidence of Chalara fraxinea ash dieback disease was confirmed.
    • Trees: Imports
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have completely banned the import of ash trees from Europe; and, if so, when that ban came into effect; how long it will last; and on what legal basis...
    • Trees: Imports
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ban the import from Europe of tree species affected by new diseases.
    • United Arab Emirates
      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to station United Kingdom military aircraft in or in the vicinity of the United Arab Emirates; and, if so, for what purpose.
    • Universal Credit
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the original estimated cost of the universal credit information technology project; and what is the current estimate.
    • Universal Credit
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance will be available to people receiving universal credit if their payments are wrong as a result of their employer failing to notify HM Revenue and...
    • Young Offenders: Employment and Training
      To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the average hours per person per week devoted to education and training in each of the past 10 years for inmates of young offender institutions in (1)...

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